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Each one of the 15 horses offered in the first half of D. J. Stable's curated reduction sold during the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale Nov. 4-5, totaling $5,755,000.

Day 2 saw a 52% increase in the gross from last year's corresponding session, with 243 horses changing hands for $48,117,000, including post-ring sales.

Both weanlings were bought by people intending to race them. Randy Hartley bought a Cody's Wish filly for owner/breeder Tom Durant, while Glen Hill Farm's Craig Bernick, bought an Elite Power colt for his mother to race.

The Denali Stud-offered Sapphire Nights received as spectacular an update as any consignment could ask for when the Mitole mare's full sister Shisospicy soared to a victory over males in the Nov. 1 Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (G1T) at Del Mar.

Preakness Stakes (G1) winner Journalism will race next year before he retires to stud at Coolmore's Ashford Stud, according to Aron Wellman of Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners, one of the colt's co-owners.

El Consistente won the Clasico Angel Tomas Cordero Jr. Stakes by 5 lengths. The race, locally rated as a grade 2, was the colt's third win out of four starts.

The Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund is proud to announce the appointment of Craig Bandoroff and Ken Freirich to its board of directors.

Raging Torrent Syndicate bought the graded-placed daughter of Bolt d'Oro to breed to its new stallion Raging Torrent.

The Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation is pleased to announce the launch of its annual TRF Online Auction, hosted on eBay for Charity from Nov. 4 - 13.

A stellar line-up will contest the 2025 Longines International Jockeys' Championship at Happy Valley Racecourse Dec. 10, including five previous winners—Ryan Moore, Zac Purton, Mickael Barzalona, Joao Moreira and Christophe Lemaire.

Jockey Flavien Prat is Jockey of the Week after two wins at the Breeders' Cup at Del Mar and seven wins on the Nov. 2 card at Aqueduct.

A list of upcoming farm open houses and stallion shows

A total of 129 horses changed hands during the first session for gross receipts of $74,299,000, including post-ring sales, a 13% increase from last year's $65,555,000 from 152 head sold. The average price was $575,961, with a median of $400,000.

Kilwin, winner of the Test Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course, sold for $3 million to Rick Howard at the end of Book 1 of the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale Nov. 4.

Sales Notebook: Trainer Wesley Ward, acting as agent for an undisclosed client, went to $1.25 million Nov. 4 at the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale for Hip 82, a weanling Curlin filly and half sister to Derby City Distaff (G1) winner Kopion.

Vahva, who was second in the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint (G1), sold for $3.1 million to Killora/Linton, agent for Boyd Racing, on Day 1 of the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale Nov. 4. 

One glaring absence from Amr Zedan's resume is a Kentucky Derby (G1) win. The motivation to change that led him to buy Hip 146, a Gun Runner weanling, at the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale.

Maiden Watch: Week of Oct. 27-Nov. 2

Lush Lips, the winner of the Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes (G1T), drew vigorous bidding Nov. 4 in Book 1 of the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale that ended with the hammer dropping for $3.7 million.

Mandy Pope went to $2 million for multiple stakes winner Justique, highest price at the halfway point of the opening session of the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale Nov. 4 in Lexington.